2013/14 Round 25 Preview – Perth Glory vs Newcastle Jets

 

2013/2014 Hyundai A-League
Season 9 Round 25
Perth Glory FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC

When: Sunday 30th March, 2014
Where: NIB Stadium, 310 Pier St, Perth, WA
Kickoff: 7pm AEDST (4pm local time)
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 1 and FoxSports 1HD
Listen: ABC Perth 720AM or ABC Grandstand Digital online/ABC Radio mobile app
Tweet: @newyboys #PERvNEW #NTUA

If you are unable to travel to the game in Perth, please come down to the District Park Tennis Club in Broadmeadow and watch the game LIVE. The Tenzo is now our permanent venue for both home AND away Newcastle Jets fixtures.

Statistics

Overall – 26 games between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 6, Glory Wins – 14, Drawn – 6

In Perth – 12 games
Jets Wins – 1, Glory Wins – 7, Drawn – 4

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 29, Glory – 47

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 52 (51 Yellow, 1 Red), Glory – 43 (40 Yellow, 3 Red)

Recent Form 
Jets – LWWLW,
Glory – LLDLL

Leading Scorers
Jets – Adam Taggart 13, Glory – Shane Smeltz 4

Last Result
Jets 0 – Glory 1 (Harold 38’) at Hunter Stadium, Round 13.

Biggest Win
Jets 4 (Haliti 13’, Brockie 54’, Petrovski 68’ pen, 69’) – Glory, Round Mid Week 1, Season 6 at Energy Australia Stadium, 10/02/2010.

Heaviest Defeat
Jets 1 (Parisi 71’) – Glory 5 (Mori 33’, 62’, Harnwell 46’, Despotovski 52’, Sekulovski 81’), Round 7, Season 1 at Energy Australia Stadium, 08/10/2005.

Leading Scorers in fixture
Jets – 6 (Joel Griffiths)
Glory – 7 (Jamie Harwell)

Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches

Newcastle Jets Coaching Records
Gary Van Egmond – 16 matches (3 wins, 6 drawn and 7 losses = 19% win ratio)
Richard Money – 3 matches (1 wins, 0 drawn, 2 loss = 33% win ratio)
Branko Culina – 6 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 4 losses = 33% win ratio)
Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)

Average Away crowd – 8631

Key facts:
• As has been heavily reported during the week, the Jets haven’t won in Perth since Season 1, Round 14. That’s approximately 9.5 years. The average score in Perth is 2-1 to Perth.
• The Jets have lost on the last 6 visits to Perth.
• The Jets haven’t beaten Perth in the last 7 meetings between the two clubs.
• This game will be the first time Jack Duncan faces his old club.
• Adam Taggart is only 1 goal off equalling the Jets record for most goals in a season.
• The Jets haven’t scored against Perth this season.
• Ben Kennedy has kept 3 clean sheets in 10 appearances against Peth, the most of any Jets keeper.
• Perth has kept 4 clean sheets in the last 6 matches against the Jets, but haven’t kept a clean sheet since Round 15.
• There have been 10 penalties awarded in the 26 fixtures.
• Daniel Piorkowski is the only Jets player to have received a red card against Perth.
• The Season 4, Round 11 match is the 9th dirtiest game in A-League history.
• The two teams have tended to score more goals in the second half than the first in these fixtures.
• Joel Griffith’s goal last weekend means he is the first Jets player to reach 30 A-League goals for the club.

The Referee – Kris Griffiths-Jones:
• Has refereed a Perth/Jets fixture once, which was a victory for the Jets.
• Has refereed 7 previous matches involving the Jets with a W-D-L record of 2-2-3.
• He is the only referee who has sent Zadkovich off in his Jets career.
• The last two Jets games he has officiated, he has booked 4 Jets players.
• The last game he officiated was the Round 4 clash this season against the Mariners, which was a 2-2- draw.
• There is an average of 3 goals per Jets game he officiates.